by RJ Jun | Mar 29, 2023 | AC2023, Annual Conference, Serving, Serving Blog
General Information Each district will continue hosting district-wide collection events, at each designated sites. District coordinators will coordinate this event prior to the Annual Conference gathering in Roanoke. The Annual Conference team will establish a plan to...
by RJ Jun | Feb 9, 2023 | News, Serving, Serving Blog
The 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck southern Turkey and North Syria at 4:17 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 6, 2023, resulted in thousands of deaths and many more families displaced. United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) partnered with International Blue Crescent...
by Brenda Capen | Dec 5, 2022 | News, Serving, Serving Blog, Virginia News
Open eyes lead to new windows for family in need By the Rev. RJ Jun, Director of Serving Ministries The Serving Ministries office received a call from The Open Table in August. This agency is an Advance Special Partner of the Virginia Conference...
by Brenda Capen | Nov 15, 2022 | Serving, Serving Blog
By Bill Pike , Trinity UMC, Richmond On the morning of Friday, November 11, I suspect some of the bucket brigade who showed up at the Virginia Conference office to move and load flood buckets are a bit stiff, maybe achy in the arms and shoulders, and moving a little...
by Brenda Capen | Nov 10, 2022 | News, Serving, Serving Blog, Virginia News
Bucket brigades formed in large and small congregations to create cleaning kits needed for disaster relief November 10, 2022 GLEN ALLEN, VA – The Rev. Bob Pihlcrantz, the disaster coordinator for the Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church (VAUMC),...
by RJ Jun | Oct 13, 2022 | News, Serving, Serving Blog
From left to right – Jim Andrews, Rev. Barbara Miner, Rev. Tom Berlin, Rev. Dr. Jim Driscroll (Military Chaplaincy DMin Director), Rev. Dr. Peter Moon, Rev. Dr. David McAllister-Willson (President of Wesley Theological Seminary), Rev. Seungsoo ‘RJ’...